Flagging off the 4th Healthcare summit organised by the CII, Union Minister for Health and family Welfare, Shri Anbumani Ramadoss, various issues, including PPPs in both rural and urban healthcare. This he stressed again at the Valedictory session of the two day summit held between 13th and 14thof November 2007.
Other issues he hoped the private players would pay due attention to was the matter of bringing down maternal and infant mortality rate, problem of malnutrition, anaemia and such other basic but important aspects of the nation’s health indices.He said, “We are 1/6thof the worl population, so if the world needs to succeed; India needs to succeed(in combating these problems.)”
He urged the healthcare industry to agree to a quid pro quo– “bring down the cost of healthcare for the citizens of India, and I will help you with infrastructure.”
He also discussed various programmes that are in the pipeline to increase the accessibility of healthcare, such as having a single number for the entire country, by 2010 where one can call for an ambulance which would reach you within 8-10 minutes.
He also called for the necessity to cut costs on the medical equipment front, about 90% of which is imported. He also spoke about the setting up of standards and accreditation procedures for the booming healthcare, biotech and pharmaceutical industries.
The minister also disclosed that a Clinical Establishment Act would soon be in place to ensure standardization of diagnostic centres across the country.
He said the National Emergency and Trauma Programme was a step in the direction. Under this programme, anyone can call up one number across the country to access any type of medical help.
He said the National Emergency and Trauma Programme was a step in the direction. Under this programme, anyone can call up one number across the country to access any type of medical help.
Summing up the conference recommendations, Ms Suneeta Reddy, Conference Chairperson and utive Director- Finance, Apollo Hospitals Group said the industry would soon present a white paper on the action plan to provide healthcare to all.
She said the industry was keen to work with the government on a PPP model in rural and urban healthcare and focus on education to increase the manpower required by the industry. She said the industry’s vision to take the healthcare industry ahead of the IT industry and make it the most important contributor to India’s GDP reflected their commitment in this regard.
In his concluding remarks, Dr Prathap C Reddy, Chairman, CII National Committee on Healthcare and Chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group, said “we owe it our children that we facilitate in creating a healthy nation.” In this endeavour, Dr Reddy assured the government that the private sector would work towards providing equitable and affordable healthcare to all, besides ensuring that health care delivery is a smooth affair.
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